linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] use the new request_module

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0902101822280.11630@jikos.suse.cz>
Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:23:29 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	mchehab@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] use the new request_module_nowait() in the hid
 driver

On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> From b8c36ec88e272ba2e755e6104579f1e751ee81f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 12:02:39 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] use the new request_module_nowait() in the hid driver
> 
> Now that there is a request_module_nowait(), use it in the hid driver.
> This gets rid of a kernel thread, and also greatly simplifies the code...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>

Rusty, could you please take this altogether with the patch introducing 
request_module_nowait() itself?

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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